Iowa Code 548.114 – Remedies
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 548.114
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
548.114 Remedies.
1. The owner of a mark registered under this chapter may proceed by suit to enjoin the
manufacture, use, display, or sale of any counterfeits or imitations of the mark and any court may grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display, or sale as the court deems just and reasonable, and may require the defendants to pay to such owner all profits derived from or all damages suffered by reason of such wrongful manufacture, use, display, or sale. The court may also order that any counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of a defendant be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed. The court, in its discretion, may enter judgment for an amount not to exceed three times such profits and damages and reasonable attorney fees of the prevailing party in cases where the court finds the other party committed such wrongful acts with knowledge or in bad faith or otherwise as according to the circumstances of the case.
2. The enumeration of any right or remedy in this section shall not affect a registrant’s right to prosecute under any penal law of this state.
[C97, §5050, 5051; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9871 – 9873, 9875; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §548.7 –
548.9, 548.11; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §548.11]
94 Acts, ch 1090, §14
C95, §548.114
2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Referred to in §548.112
1. The owner of a mark registered under this chapter may proceed by suit to enjoin the
manufacture, use, display, or sale of any counterfeits or imitations of the mark and any court may grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display, or sale as the court deems just and reasonable, and may require the defendants to pay to such owner all profits derived from or all damages suffered by reason of such wrongful manufacture, use, display, or sale. The court may also order that any counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of a defendant be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed. The court, in its discretion, may enter judgment for an amount not to exceed three times such profits and damages and reasonable attorney fees of the prevailing party in cases where the court finds the other party committed such wrongful acts with knowledge or in bad faith or otherwise as according to the circumstances of the case.
2. The enumeration of any right or remedy in this section shall not affect a registrant’s right to prosecute under any penal law of this state.
[C97, §5050, 5051; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §9871 – 9873, 9875; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §548.7 –
548.9, 548.11; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §548.11]
94 Acts, ch 1090, §14
C95, §548.114
2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Referred to in §548.112